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Has the time finally come to consider the revolutionary use of artificial pitches for ‘big cricket’?

Sir, Given the escalating criticism of lifeless pitches provided for this season’s home Test cricket series, should the game take the revolutionary step of at least considering artificial pitches for big cricket?

If groundsmen, handicapped by unpredictable weather, new methods of drainage etc, find it difficult to guarantee a pitch providing an even contest between bat and ball, could the boffins be brought in to develop a suitable surface?

This could give batsmen the certainty of regular bounce, while providing life for the pace bowlers and, perhaps even more importantly, help from day one for the spinners.